Optimization of intergrain connection in high-temperature superconductor Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_x

作     者：李成山 张胜楠 郝清滨 马小波 卢天倪 张平祥 

作者机构：Superconducting Materials Research CenterNorthwest Institute for Non-ferrous Metal Research 

出 版 物：《Chinese Physics B》 (中国物理B（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2015年第24卷第7期

页      面：475-480页

核心收录：

学科分类：080705[工学-制冷及低温工程] 07[理学] 070205[理学-凝聚态物理] 08[工学] 0807[工学-动力工程及工程热物理] 0702[理学-物理学] 

基　　金：Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2011CBA00104) the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51472206) the ITER Project of China(Grant No.2013GB110001) the Program for Innovative Research Team in Shaanxi Province,China(Grant No.2013KCT-07) 

主　　题：high temperature superconductor Bi2Sr2CaCu2Ox(Bi-2212) spark plasma sintering weak link 

摘      要：A modified spark plasma sintering（SPS） technique was developed for the fabrication of Bi2Sr2CaCu2Ox（Bi-2212）superconducting bulks with better intergrain connections. The influences of the modified SPS process on the microstructures, intergrain connections, and related superconducting properties were systematically analyzed. The modified SPS process can not only increase the final density of the bulk samples but also enhance the texture structures. Clean grain boundaries were obtained instead of the intergrain amorphous layers. Therefore the intergranular properties were obviously improved. Due to the better intergrain connections and the stronger flux pinning properties, the critical current densities of the Bi-2212 bulks obtained via the modified SPS process were greatly increased. The obtained improvements imply the possibility for the modified SPS technique to be used for enhancing the superconducting properties of the Bi-2212 tapes.